Helene Nomsa Brath

Helene Nomsa Brath was an African-American community organizer and the wife of Elombe Brath.

Biography
Helene White was born in New York City, New York, and she became an education activist and, later, a black community leader, Africanizing her name to "Nomsa" and marrying pan-Africanist activist Elombe Brath. She was one of the original "Black is Beautiful" models in 1962, and she later campaigned for the removal of asbestos from school and campaigned for the innocence of the five youths charged with rape and attempted murder in the 1990 Central Park jogger case.